Today
UBS tips more ASX companies to make tariff confessions
The trade war is a late entrant to the February earnings season and will be a source of investor interrogation for CEOs.
- 1 hr ago
- Joanne Tran
ASX snaps losing streak; Insignia rallies 7pc, Pinnacle touches record
Miners buoy ASX; Insignia bidding war rumbles on; oil drops; Maggie Beer earnings flat; Pinnacle shares hit record; BWP leaps on profit, dividend hike.
- Nicola Blackburn
China stocks suffer brutal reversal as traders return from holiday
China’s sharemarket erased a near 1 per cent opening gain as traders returned from a week-long holiday to simmering tensions with the US.
- Alex Gluyas
‘US will take over Gaza’: Trump; Lessons from Future Fund’s 3 big moves; Portsea home sells for $19m
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- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What you can learn from the Future Fund’s three big moves
The Future Fund’s shift into US stock has paid off, but it still fears a Trumpian world of more polarisation and higher inflation.
- James Thomson
Yesterday
AFR interim profit season calendar and results
Follow the February reporting season as it unfolds here, with dates for all the major ASX companies on the schedule and links to our expert coverage.
- Emily Day
China whipsaws markets with retaliatory tariffs
Traders’ worst fears proved accurate when Beijing decided to slap tariffs on US goods avenging Trump’s 10 per cent tariff on China.
- Alex Gluyas
ASX swings to red as China tariff takes hold; CBA, Wesfarmers hit
ASX swings in last minutes of trade; China retaliates with tariffs; Pinnacle declares dividend; Vanguard joins banks, predicts Feb rate cut; bitcoin and meme coins surge.
- Nicola Blackburn
Activist Sandon says Magellan redemption fears ‘overblown’
Sandon Capital shrugs off concerns about outflow risks at Magellan from the departure of long-time infrastructure portfolio manager Gerald Stack.
- Joanne Tran
Trade war paused; The price of Trump’s ‘deals’; Why you don’t need that much super
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This Month
ASX, $A tumble on trade war fears; Magellan sell-off rumbles on
Shares tumble; Magellan sheds 8pc; tariff fears hit Cettire; $A at five-year low; retail sales fall less than expected; Argo lifts dividend; CEO exits Resolute.
- Nicola Blackburn
ASX slumps; Tariffs drive market panic; US could feel some trade pain: Trump
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- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Market panic may be the best protection against Trump’s tariff war
Investors were sure the “Art of the Deal” schtick would mean import duties would be avoided. Now they face a world of “uncontrollable chaos”.
- James Thomson
AustralianSuper tipped $500m into Nvidia before DeepSeek crash
Australia’s largest super fund was buying up shares in the chipmaker in the lead up to last week’s trillion-dollar sell-off, Wall Street records indicate.
- Joshua Peach
- Exclusive
- Monday fundie
Ex-L1 fundie catches big fish with rival long-short strategy
Lev Margolin managed a similar fund at his old employer for seven years before starting his own. The stellar performance has caught the attention of Fidante.
- Alex Gluyas
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The huge red flag this new ASX founders fund is watching for
A new WAM strategy that will exclusively target companies run by “obsessive” originators also has a long list of danger signs to counter the risk of founder hijinks.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Australia risks worst of both worlds in Trump tariff war
Markets and local business leaders were sure Trump’s tariffs threats were a negotiating tactic. A serious rethink is suddenly needed, especially Down Under.
- James Thomson
Trump’s tariffs collide with ASX earnings test
Futures indicate a 1.2 per cent drop for the ASX 200 on Monday as strategists say that full valuations demand earnings perfection this reporting season.
- Alex Gluyas
US exceptionalism is peaking: expert
The “magnificent seven” are poised to become the “lagnificent seven” as the tailwinds that have propelled American equities fade, Michael Hartnett argues.
- Timothy Moore
- Opinion
- Investing
Debt funds run wild on the ASX as equity funds go friendless
The listed investment fund market is a tale of two asset classes: equity funds are very much out of favour while debt funds are thirsty for income and bringing in money.
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
How the rise of AI is changing the investment game
As machine learning and algorithms evolve, the fund management industry will likely shift toward a hybrid model, combining the strengths of humans and machines.
- Arian Neiron
Last short sellers standing: who’s left after Hindenburg’s exit
Activist short seller Nate Anderson is going out ‘on top’, according to one rival, as difficulties for short sellers mount in a relentless bull market.
- Costas Mourselas
S&P 500 slumps as tariffs plans whiplash markets
US equities closed lower after the US said it will impose higher tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China this weekend. ASX futures tumbled 1.2pc.
- Timothy Moore
January
Is Nvidia a ‘buy’ after crashing 15pc? Here’s what top fundies say
AFR Weekend asked some of the nation’s top investors what they think the emergence of Chinese disruptor DeepSeek means for the US chipmakers future.
- Joanne Tran
ASX posts biggest monthly gain since July; Magellan extends sell off
ASX briefly notches record; gold miners rally; Magellan sell-off continues. PointsBet turnover plummets; Netwealth CFO exits; Origin drops LNG forecasts.
- Nicola Blackburn, Cecile Lefort and Timothy Moore